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16 HAMILTON SPECTATOR Saturday February 6 2016 Anglican Parish of Glenelg/Wannon IN Jesus’ day, mountain tops were often chosen as special places of prayer; places where people felt closer to God. places where people come to appreciate beauty and achievement, especially if the climb to the top has been arduous. They can also be This weekend we celebrate the Tranfiguration of Jesus on Mt Tabor. On the mountain, Peter, James and John see Jesus transfigured; his face and clothes become dazzling. Suddenly we also see two men, Moses and Elijah, talking with him. These two men represent stages along the journey of Israelite history. Moses was the law-giver and Elijah a prophet. Jesus is now preparing to take the disciples on a journey that stretches way beyond law and prophecy to something much deeper and richer. The disciples, however, want to linger and turn this into a more permanent memorial. But this new stage can only happen when they come down from the mountain and continue their journey towards Jerusalem. We, too, often want to linger where things are beautiful and good. Following services we enjoy good fellowship together over a cup of morning tea and we love having visitors stay to enjoy this time with us too. Tomorrow afternoon, another pleasant Sunday afternoon in the Hamilton Botanic Gardens from 2-4pm, this one featuring Daryl Parfrey performing music from all eras. BYO everything, entry is free, but event cancelled if weather inclement. On Tuesday you should smell pancakes when you wake up! “Shrove Tuesday” and we will be cooking delicious pancakes here in the Fellowship Centre, from 10-2pm. That’s what the UnitingCare hopes to sell across Australia. 200,000 pancakes in one day! A time to “treat yourself,” knowing that you will really be helping many others! At 7.30pm the Church council exec will meet in the Fellowship Centre and on Wednesday Prayer Group meets 10am and Church cards group at 7.30pm at Mona’s place for more friendly rounds of cards with anyone being welcome to come to either one. “Mother Goose” is underway again for 2016. It runs Thursdays from 10-11am in the fellowship centre, for little ones, aged two years and under, and their mums. Community Church But we, too, must ‘come down from the mountain’ and continue walking along the road God has prepared for us. We just need to trust he knows the way and will continue to walk beside us. Services: Sunday, February 7: 9am Coleraine; 11am Casterton. Catholic Parish events: Men’s Day Out: Wednesdays, 1-4.30pm, Maryknoll Family Room. Join in with cards, snooker, a cuppa and a chat. Craft Group: Thursday afternoons in the Maryknoll Centre. Wednesday Meet-Up: Dunworth Centre - 9.30am11am, $2. Meditation: Parish house, Wednesdays @ 7.30pm. Opening School Mass: St Mary’s Primary on Sunday, February 14 @ 10.30am. Please bring a plate to share for morning tea. Men’s Gospel Reflection: Tuesday, February 9, 7.30-9.30pm @ 56a Hammond St. Men Alive Weekend: July 30 & 31. Sacramental Program: Parent meeting on Thursday, February 18, in the Dunworth Centre @ 7pm. Lenten Faith sharing groups: A sign-up list is in the Gathering Space. Judeo Christian “MAY the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely …” (1 Thessalonians 5:23). When we pray, asking God to sanctify us, are we prepared to measure up to what that really means? We take the word sanctification much too lightly. Sanctification means to be intensely focused on God’s point of view. HELLO from the Community Church. In the past few weeks some of our regular activities have begun again for 2016. I have heard great reports from our first two ladies meetings and last Tuesday evening was a great start for our midweek evening home group. This next Wednesday night beginning at 7pm we are holding the first of three, month apart, intercession nights that we are holding in this season of the life of our church. Then Saturday week, February 14, our first Men’s Activity for the year will kick off with a café / restaurant breakfast. For any further information regarding the above please contact our pastoral numbers listed below. The Hamilton Community Church meets together on Sundays at 10am in the Train Station Building on Station St. You are most welcome as a visitor and you are most welcome to join us regularly. In the same venue our No-Cost Café can serve you on Mondays and Fridays between 12-1.30pm for free and healthy dine-in meals in a relaxed social environment … a great Australia Day theme was enjoyed there recently. Our contact numbers are Pastors Phil and Heather Baker on 0477 932 607 and Pastors Rodger and Megan Garland on 0407 720 809. Bless you. Baptist JOHN Simpson will be back to take the service tomorrow morning. John has taken several services while our pastor has been on long service leave and we thank him It means to secure and to keep all the strength of our body, soul, and spirit for God’s purpose alone. Are we really prepared for God to perform in us everything for which He separated us? And after He has done His work, are we then prepared to separate ourselves to God just as Jesus did? “For their sakes I sanctify Myself …” (John 17:19). The reason some of us have not entered into the experience of sanctification is that we have not realised the meaning of sanctification from God’s perspective. Sanctification means being made one with Jesus so that the nature that controlled Him will control us. Are we really prepared for what that will cost? It will cost absolutely everything in us which is not of God. Come along and join me at our Family Worship and Communion Service tomorrow on the Cnr of Fairbairn and Adam St, Dunkeld, commencing at 10.30am. Anyone wanting any further information concerning the JCCV can contact Pastor Greg on 0403 960 900. God Bless. Uniting LECTIONARY this week, Luke 9, tells of “The Transfiguration of Christ,” when a voice from the cloud, said: “This is my beloved Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him!” We are always delighted for his thoughtful and challenging messages. Trevor will be back in the pulpit next week. The Mega Min program for the younger children has commenced and is held during the service. Tea and coffee will be served following the service and the Church prayer meeting is at 5pm. Home Groups this coming week will be at Casterton on Wednesday at 10am and at the Cunningham’s at 7.30pm on Wednesday. The first Friendship Club meeting for the year is at 2pm on Wednesday with the intriguing title of “Birthdays & Anniversaries”. All seniors welcome to attend! On Thursday at 1pm, Crafty Friends will be holding their first session for 2016. Ladies looking for a craft group are invited to come along and find out more about the group’s activities. Mainly music is held on Fridays at 9.30am. Lutheran Parish of Tarrington TOMORROW at 9am, Tarrington’s worship service will focus on the transfiguration of Jesus. Jesus’ divinity shone through Him and was confirmed by God the Father. During the service, Ken Schurmann will be installed as a new elder of Tarrington congregation. At 10.30am tomorrow, Warrayure congregation will celebrate Harvest Thanksgiving with a Holy Communion service, thanking God for His many blessings. Tomorrow night the parish annual meeting will be held in the Tarrington hall at 7pm. The agenda will be available in pigeon holes tomorrow morning. to have visitors join us for worship, which commences at 9.30am and very happy this weekend to have our church band back too … another “quintessential quintet,” all refreshed, ready for another year enriching our music and we really appreciate the extra dimension they add to our worship. Please bring these along to the meeting, along with the book of reports. An update of the call progress will be given to members at the meeting. Confirmation lessons will continue on Monday afternoon. Those submitting reports for the Warrayure congregation AGM, please have them to Lis at the parish office by Tuesday evening of this week. All Parish members are encouraged to attend an Ash Wednesday service 7.30pm at either There is no cost and new faces would be warmly received. Hamilton or Tabor on Wednesday, February 10. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of a journey of repentance and meditation as we contemplate Jesus’ love and sacrifice for us … sinners. The Tarrington AGM will be held on Sunday, February 14, at 7pm. The book of reports will be available tomorrow morning. Crosslink Training and Discipling Centre LAST week we had a great time at church. One lady had a vision of heaven, several had deep heart encounters while others felt heavy burdens lifted off them. We invite you to come and experience the most wonderful presences of God in our Church service. We start with the worship which invites the presences of God to come and to fill His house with his glory. If you are new to the area or you do not have a church, we invite you to come and worship with us. We meet Sundays at 10am at 120 French St, Hamilton. Young Adults Bible studies is on Wednesday night at Lorrain Cannon’s House. www.spec.com.au From the Churches exalted to heaven, will you? You shall descend to Hades, for if the miracles that happened in you would have happened in Sodom, it would have remained until today ...” (Matthew 11:23). So Jesus rated Capernaum as well below the depravity of Sodom. What went wrong with the people there? Come and find out. Please check the church bulletin for people and causes that need your prayers. Anglican When we are hungry for the Love of God he will come and meet all of our needs. Matthew 5:6. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for they shall be filled.” Power of a Transformed Mind by Bill Johnson. This study is designed to help you develop into a believer who thinks from Heaven’s perspective and walks out a lifestyle of Power, Authority and Faith. From this perspective, you will partner with God to see the impossible bow at Jesus’ name. This all begins with a transformed mind! Pastor Barry Nice is taking this study. For more information call Pastors Barry and Janine Nice. Pastors Barry and Janine Nice can be contacted on 5572 5705. Lutheran Parish of Hamilton WE welcome all who come to meet with our Lord at our Services. Tomorrow’s services will be held at: Pastor David Wear presiding. Café Church - 5.45pm: Pastor David Wear presiding. Cavendish - 10.30am: Pastor Richard Taylor presiding. Eventide -10.30am: Pastor Richard Taylor presiding. On Wednesday, February 10, Ash Wednesday services will be held at: Eventide - 10.30am: Pastor Richard Taylor presiding. Hamilton - 8.30am: Pastors David Wear and Richard Taylor presiding. This Sunday the Hamilton and Cavendish congregations will celebrate Harvest Thanksgiving. Hamilton will be setting up at Good Shepherd from 9am today and would appreciate donations of goods and assistance with the setup. Perishables will be available for sale by donation. Proceeds to go to the mission fund. Pastor David Wear will lead the new Sunday morning bible study series, “Witness - we share our faith” at Good Shepherd Church commencing tomorrow at 9am. In a world that desperately needs to hear about our Christian faith and see it at work, how do we, as Christians, define and explain our spirituality. All welcome. Everyone is welcome to attend Hamilton’s “Café Church” tomorrow at Good Shepherd Church, commencing at 5.45pm. Café Church includes an evening meal and worship. Good food, great God! Seventh Day Adventist OVER the holiday period, we were privileged to have visitors from Warrnambool, Ballarat, Geelong, Melbourne and South Australia. Hamilton - 10am: Monday night’s bible study is The Supernatural There must have been something so commanding about Jesus that Peter obeyed, despite his initial reluctance. When Jesus calls, he certainly does demand everything, but only because he has already given everything himself, and has plans in store for us and the world that we would never have dreamed of as we follow after him. The coming week is full of activity for the Parish with the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Day Tea on Tuesday at 6pm in the Canon Julien Centre. There will be plenty of savoury and sweet pancakes available at this time of fellowship. Afterwards we burn the Palm crosses from last year to use the ashes for the next day’s Ash Wednesday service. The Book Fair has attracted increasing interest over the years with all money going to local and overseas Mission projects. This year we have the use of 144 Thompson St, next to the BP Petrol Station and we have many quality books for sale. The first day of sale will be on Thursday and it is planned to keep the Book Fair open until after Easter holidays, closing on April 8. Fr Peter Scott will be celebrating the Eucharist this weekend starting with the Saturday night service at 6pm in Hamilton. Sunday morning Fr Peter will be at Dunkeld at 9am and then at Hamilton for the Sung Eucharist at 10.30am. Fr Peter will also be at Hamilton for the 10am Ash Wednesday service. Presbyterian WE welcome you to join with us in Christian worship this Sunday. This Sunday Brad Henderson will be our preacher for the day. Our service of worship commences at 10am and is followed by morning tea in the church hall where we enjoy a time of fellowship together. He will be speaking on the vexed question of the problem of evil. It has certainly been a perennial question, at least for modern man, to ask: “If God is good and all powerful, why does he allow evil and suffering to exist in his world?” Parish of Hamilton IMAGINE what the fisherman Peter must have felt when this carpenter preacher Jesus told him where to fish. Of course that question is quite impersonal. More often than not we ask: “If God is good and all powerful, why do I suffer as I do?” For the Christian believer who has been saved by the power of the Cross, the question actually answers itself. Not that we could dare to know the hidden mysteries of God! But at least we can know that because God is good and all powerful, then all evil and suffering are under his sovereign control and must therefore be ultimately working out his good and loving purpose. Only through the grace of Christ who loved me and gave himself for me upon the Cross can I begin to see my suffering as redemptive, not evil, but good, bringing me to death that I might rise to newness of life in him. “We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28). Life Centre of Hamilton So whether you are passing through Hamilton today or are a long time resident, if you are looking for Christian fellowship, do come and join us for worship. Our church is located at 71 King St, Hamilton. There is a bus stop at the door. We are glad to welcome our Pastor, Justin Bone, to Hamilton today. Pastor Justin looks after our sister churches in Stawell and Ararat as well, so it is always a high day when he comes to take the service. We begin with Sabbath School at 10am. In the Bible study this week, we look at the temptations that Jesus went through after His baptism. They revealed the great controversy between Christ and Satan. Jesus was able to prevail by using the Word of God as His shield. The Divine Service will commence at 11.30am. Pastor Justin has chosen ‘Capernaum’ as his theme. This was where Jesus spent a lot of His time. It was a place where many miracles were performed. The people of Capernaum had a front row seat to much of Jesus’ work and preaching, but the conversion rate was disappointing. Jesus said: “And you, Capernaum, will not be ON Sunday you are invited to prayer, praise and worship: preservice prayer beings at 9.30am with the service commencing at 10am at 38 Kenny St, Hamilton. Pastor Rozi will be preaching this Sunday continuing a series on “Attitudes”. After the service you are welcome to stay and share in fellowship over a coffee. Activities this week include: Intercessory prayer is held every Monday at 7.30pm. KYB is in at Casterton 2pm on Tuesday and Coleraine on Friday. Our new Prophetic Mentoring Class begins Tuesday as well, 7.30pm at the Pastors house. Please ring the church if you are interested in joining in. Worship practice is on Thursday at 6.30pm. Pastors Rick and Rozi Penny may be contacted by phone at 5571 1402 or by email at admin@ sglifecentre.com.au for further information. Please text your prayer requests to 0413 885 115 but if you need to talk to someone please call “1800 PrayForMe” (1800 772 936) any time night or day.